Dreadnought by April Daniels

Dreadnought

Nemesis - Book One

April Daniels

Diversion Publishing · Print & ebook · January 24, 2017

An action-packed series-starter perfect for fans of The Heroine Complex and Not Your Sidekick. “I didn’t know how much I needed this brave, thrilling book until it rocked my world.

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Who it’s for
A high-stakes superhero adventure pairs transformation with the messy work of claiming your place.
Genres
YA Transgender, Superheroes, YA Science Fiction
Published
Diversion Publishing, January 24, 2017

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An action-packed series-starter perfect for fans of The Heroine Complex and Not Your Sidekick. “I didn’t know how much I needed this brave, thrilling book until it rocked my world. Dreadnought is the superhero adventure we all need right now.”—Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky Danny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero.

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Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it should be. Now there’s no hiding that she’s a girl. It should be the happiest time of her life, but Danny’s first weeks finally living in a body that fits her are more difficult and complicated than she could have imagined. Between her father’s dangerous obsession with “curing” her girlhood, her best friend suddenly acting like he’s entitled to date her, and her fellow superheroes arguing over her place in their ranks, Danny feels like she’s in over her head. She doesn’t have time to adjust. Dreadnought’s murderer—a cyborg named Utopia—still haunts the streets of New Port City, threatening destruction. If Danny can’t sort through the confusion of coming out, master her powers, and stop Utopia in time, humanity faces extinction.

Power and Becoming

A high-stakes superhero adventure pairs transformation with the messy work of claiming your place.

Come here for

  • A superhero story where powers and coming out collide
  • The strain of finding your place at home and among heroes

Expect

  • Identity and family conflict alongside city-threatening danger
  • A heroine balancing new powers with a world that has opinions

Where it sits

Superheroes84%
YA Transgender61%
YA Science Fiction54%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Superheroes
Authors
April Daniels
Publisher
Diversion Publishing
Published
January 24, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Superheroes